Equine Assisted Services: The Story of Getting the Terms Right!

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Lissa Pohl, owner of The Engagement Quotient, a company which creates leadership skills in humans through the use of horses, clears up all of the terminology related to the use of horses in aiding humans.  She is a member of a working group which created a document to clarify and define the various terms.  So what is in versus what is out?  Equine assisted services – EAS, versus equine assisted therapy.  So get up to speed and learn what the professionals are using: Equine Assisted Learning, Adaptive Riding and therapies which utilize horses.  For more information and to see a full list of terminology involved in equine assisted services: visit the link below.


Optimal Terminology for Services in the United States that Incorporate Horses to Benefit People: A Consensus Document